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The United States ambassador to Vietnam (Đại sứ Hoa Kỳ tại Việt Nam or formally Đại sứ đặc mệnh toàn quyền Hợp chúng quốc Hoa Kỳ tại Việt Nam, 'Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of America in Vietnam') is the chief American diplomat to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
The United States Office for MIA Affairs officially opened in Hanoi on July 7, 1991, marking the first continuous presence of an official U.S. government agency in Vietnam since 1975. The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi was inaugurated on August 6, 1995, during Secretary of State Warren Christopher 's visit.
The US was opposed to the communist government of the North, led by Chairman Hồ Chí Minh, and did not recognize the northern regime. At the end of the Vietnam War, the US Embassy in Saigon was shuttered and all embassy personnel evacuated on April 29, 1975, just prior to the capture of Saigon by North Vietnamese and Việt Cộng forces.
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Vietnam.The capital, Hanoi currently hosts 78 embassies. Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang are host to career consulates.. This listing omits honorary consulates and trade missions, except for those that serve as de facto embassies.
The United States ambassador to Singapore is the official representative of the United States of America to the Republic of Singapore. The incumbent ambassador is Jonathan E. Kaplan since December 6, 2021, serving as the ambassador of the Embassy of the United States in Singapore.
[1] [2] The consulate reports to the ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi. Prior to the Reunification of Vietnam in 1975, the Consulate General served as the U.S. Embassy Saigon, South Vietnam. [3] [4] The Consulate General was dedicated in a ceremony on September 8, 1999 by US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. [5]
The first US diplomatic mission in Singapore was established in 1833 with the assignment of Joseph Balestier as consul. Although Singapore was an important free trade port, there was some question over whether Americans were legally allowed to conduct business there by the British, and so he was officially assigned to "Rhio (Riau, then a part of the Dutch East Indies) and such other places as ...
This list of diplomatic missions in Singapore is made up of 75 embassies/high commissions, several foreign consular posts and 11 international organisations. It does not include honorary consuls . Countries without any forms of diplomatic representations in Singapore have accredited non-resident ambassadors or high commissioners to the island ...